The Pulaski Citizen 17 Dec 1947.
A HIT RUN VICTIM DIES FROM INJURIES.
Bobby Birdsong, 18 year old Elkton youth who was struck by a truck Tuesday night, Dec. 9, as he walked along the highway en route to his home at Elkton from a nearby store, died at 4:00 Thursday morning at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, where he was carried soon after the accident.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the Elkton Methodist Church by the Rev. W. J. Bunn, pastor and burial will be in the family lot at Elkton Cemetery.
The young man, who was said to have suffered a fracture of the back, broken ribs and a puncture of one lung, was thought to have been improving Wednesday and his death early Thursday morning came as a shock to members of his family and friends.
The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Birdsong, he was a member of the senior class of Elkton High School and of the Elkton Methodist Church, in both of which he was recognized as a leader.
In addition to his parents, young Birdsong is survived by two sisters, Miss Joyce Birdsong, Elkton' and Mrs. Aaron Stevenson, Fayetteville; six brothers, Walton Birdsong, Bowling Green, KY., Julian Birdsong, Brooklyn, N.Y., W. H. Birdsong, Libertyville, Ill., Bernard Birdsong, Birmingham, AL., Billy Birdsong, Nashville and Joe Waycross Birdsong , who is serving with the United States Navy at Naples, Italy.
Local officers are continuing their investigation of the accident but no arrest had been made Thursday morning.
A HIT RUN VICTIM DIES FROM INJURIES.
Bobby Birdsong, 18 year old Elkton youth who was struck by a truck Tuesday night, Dec. 9, as he walked along the highway en route to his home at Elkton from a nearby store, died at 4:00 Thursday morning at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, where he was carried soon after the accident.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the Elkton Methodist Church by the Rev. W. J. Bunn, pastor and burial will be in the family lot at Elkton Cemetery.
The young man, who was said to have suffered a fracture of the back, broken ribs and a puncture of one lung, was thought to have been improving Wednesday and his death early Thursday morning came as a shock to members of his family and friends.
The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Birdsong, he was a member of the senior class of Elkton High School and of the Elkton Methodist Church, in both of which he was recognized as a leader.
In addition to his parents, young Birdsong is survived by two sisters, Miss Joyce Birdsong, Elkton' and Mrs. Aaron Stevenson, Fayetteville; six brothers, Walton Birdsong, Bowling Green, KY., Julian Birdsong, Brooklyn, N.Y., W. H. Birdsong, Libertyville, Ill., Bernard Birdsong, Birmingham, AL., Billy Birdsong, Nashville and Joe Waycross Birdsong , who is serving with the United States Navy at Naples, Italy.
Local officers are continuing their investigation of the accident but no arrest had been made Thursday morning.
The Pulaski Citizen 17 Dec 1947.
A HIT RUN VICTIM DIES FROM INJURIES.
Bobby Birdsong, 18 year old Elkton youth who was struck by a truck Tuesday night, Dec. 9, as he walked along the highway en route to his home at Elkton from a nearby store, died at 4:00 Thursday morning at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, where he was carried soon after the accident.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the Elkton Methodist Church by the Rev. W. J. Bunn, pastor and burial will be in the family lot at Elkton Cemetery.
The young man, who was said to have suffered a fracture of the back, broken ribs and a puncture of one lung, was thought to have been improving Wednesday and his death early Thursday morning came as a shock to members of his family and friends.
The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Birdsong, he was a member of the senior class of Elkton High School and of the Elkton Methodist Church, in both of which he was recognized as a leader.
In addition to his parents, young Birdsong is survived by two sisters, Miss Joyce Birdsong, Elkton' and Mrs. Aaron Stevenson, Fayetteville; six brothers, Walton Birdsong, Bowling Green, KY., Julian Birdsong, Brooklyn, N.Y., W. H. Birdsong, Libertyville, Ill., Bernard Birdsong, Birmingham, AL., Billy Birdsong, Nashville and Joe Waycross Birdsong , who is serving with the United States Navy at Naples, Italy.
Local officers are continuing their investigation of the accident but no arrest had been made Thursday morning.
A HIT RUN VICTIM DIES FROM INJURIES.
Bobby Birdsong, 18 year old Elkton youth who was struck by a truck Tuesday night, Dec. 9, as he walked along the highway en route to his home at Elkton from a nearby store, died at 4:00 Thursday morning at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, where he was carried soon after the accident.
Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the Elkton Methodist Church by the Rev. W. J. Bunn, pastor and burial will be in the family lot at Elkton Cemetery.
The young man, who was said to have suffered a fracture of the back, broken ribs and a puncture of one lung, was thought to have been improving Wednesday and his death early Thursday morning came as a shock to members of his family and friends.
The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Birdsong, he was a member of the senior class of Elkton High School and of the Elkton Methodist Church, in both of which he was recognized as a leader.
In addition to his parents, young Birdsong is survived by two sisters, Miss Joyce Birdsong, Elkton' and Mrs. Aaron Stevenson, Fayetteville; six brothers, Walton Birdsong, Bowling Green, KY., Julian Birdsong, Brooklyn, N.Y., W. H. Birdsong, Libertyville, Ill., Bernard Birdsong, Birmingham, AL., Billy Birdsong, Nashville and Joe Waycross Birdsong , who is serving with the United States Navy at Naples, Italy.
Local officers are continuing their investigation of the accident but no arrest had been made Thursday morning.
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